Resultados para "Victoria" en Ficción biográfica

Gracias a su pasión por los libros y gusto exquisito, Belle da Costa Green se ha vuelto, con tan solo veinte años, la bibliotecaria más joven de la prestigiosa universidad de Princeton. Sin embargo, un golpe de suerte mayor está por impulsar su carrera: el famoso millonario J. P. Morgan la quiere para curar una colección de manuscritos raros, libros y obras de arte que compondrán el corazón de su biblioteca personal.

Set in Zimbabwe, Kenya, and Bombay, India, Mr. Monroe's journey into authenticity results in a series of failed relationships that reveal the dark, enigmatic recesses of his complex personality and eventually land him in a hellhole prison in Bombay. His tragedy unfolds into an ending that no one, especially Monroe, could have possibly predicted or imagined.

Któregoś dnia w prowansalskim miasteczku Digne zjawia się wypuszczony z więzienia Jean Valjean. Jedyną osobą, która przyjmuje go przychylnie, jest biskup. Valjean ucieka w nocy, kradnąc zastawę stołową. Zostaje zatrzymany przez policję, biskup jednak zapewnia, że sam podarował mu srebra. Po odejściu policjantów stwierdza, że w ten sposób wykupił duszę Valjeana od sił zła i oddał Bogu. Były więzień postanawia zmienić swoje życie.

Layla vive e respira música. É seu trabalho, e também seu hobby. Vicente Callalta, um de seus músicos favoritos, é a personificação desse amor tão grande. Assistir ao seu show é um de seus sonhos, finalmente realizado quando o cantor se muda para sua cidade. Entre marcações em posts e stories, o direct de Vicente acaba se tornando seu bloco de notas, um jeito prático e fácil de anotar lembretes. Tudo funciona até o dia em que uma mensagem de "visualizado" aparece na conversa. Vicente Callalta conhece agora sua existência e detalhes embaraçosos de sua vida.

Over one million copies sold! The Instant New York Times Bestseller! A Good Morning America* Book Club Pick! Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR! Named a Notable Book of the Year by the Washington Post! “Historical fiction at its best!”* A remarkable novel about J. P. Morgan’s personal...

El sueño de Victoria de ser madre se derrumba cuando se entera de que su esposo es estéril. Al enfrentarse a una de las decisiones más difíciles de su vida, ella tendrá que debatirse entre buscar hijos en la adopción, resignarse a no tener hijos, buscar un nuevo hombre o recibir un donante de esperma para tener sus propios hijos. ¿Qué camino tomará Victoria? Un joven y brillante doctor será su más férrea esperanza.

This illuminating serial charts the transformation of the young Victoria from spirited teenager to shy young bride to celebrated ruler of Britain and ‘Mother of Europe’. But while her roles changed, her essential nature remained the same: vibrant, passionate, principled and fiercely independent. Through extracts from Victoria’s own diaries and letters, and dramatised episodes featuring the characters closest to her, we are given thrilling insight into the thoughts and feelings of the woman behind the crown - and the secrets of her mind and heart.

Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR! “A gripping narrative, don't miss this historical fiction about the woman who kicked off the Harlem Renaissance.”—People Magazine “A page turner and history lesson at once, Harlem Rhapsody reminds us that our stories are our generational wealth...

His name conjures images of the Wild West–of gunfights, gambling halls, and a legendary friendship with Wyatt Earp–but before Doc Holliday was a Western legend, he was a Southern Son. The story begins in Civil War Georgia, as young John Henry Holliday welcomes home his heroic father and learns a terrible secret about his mother, with his only confidant being his favorite cousin Mattie.

Die ergreifende Spurensuche einer jungen Frau in der Ukraine. Während Russland 2014 die Krim annektiert, kehrt Victoria in die Heimat ihrer Familie, die Ukraine, zurück. Dort ist sie geboren und aufgewachsen. Sie will verstehen, woher sie kommt. Wieso ist ihr Urgroßonkel Nikodim in den 1930er Jahren spurlos verschwunden, und warum ist seine Geschichte in der Familie seit fast einem Jahrhundert tabu? Valentina, ihre Großmutter, will ihr verbieten, weiter Fragen zu stellen. Aber Victoria gibt sich nicht länger mit Ausflüchten zufrieden.

The Instant New York Times Bestseller! A novel about the extraordinary partnership between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune—an unlikely friendship that changed the world, from the New York Times bestselling authors of the Good Morning America Book Club...

When Leila Johnston discovers the bleak reality of her family's life from a young age, everything comes crashing down for her. She watches her family fall apart, she loses those she treasures the most, and through it all, she's forced to be alone and fend for herself because society is no help. Leila is determined to come out stronger. She's seeking refuge and figuring out who she is and her purpose. She tries to pick up the pieces of what's left of her and turn them into something new. At the end of it all, she comes out stronger, winning the battle and emerging as a fierce survivor.

From the internationally bestselling author of Nefertiti and Cleopatra’s Daughter comes the breathtaking story of Queen Lakshmi—India’s Joan of Arc—who against all odds defied the mighty British invasion to defend her beloved kingdom. When the British Empire sets its sights on India in...

""In this sweeping, immersive novel, Clare McHugh draws readers into the mesmerizing world of the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria – Princess Vicky – as she emerges into a powerful force in her own right and ascends to become the first German Empress.” —Marie Benedict, New York Times...

The first novel to appear in English by one of the most talked-about and critically acclaimed writers of new Mexican fiction. From a psychoanalyst's couch, the narrator looks back on her bizarre childhood - in which she was born with an abnormality in her eye into a family intent on fixing it. In a world without the time and space for innocence, the narrator intimately recalls her younger self - a fierce and discerning girl open to life's pleasures and keen to its ruthless cycle of tragedy.